17 Mar 2024

The real-life cousins of Dune’s magnificent sandworms

From Sunday Morning, 10:20 am on 17 March 2024

With the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s film franchise of Frank Herbert’s fantasy novel, Dune currently in cinemas, we ask if the fictional worms in the movie share anything in common with real worms. 

Joining us is Dr. Luke Parry, an Associate Professor of Palaeobiology at the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University. 

DUNE: DEUXIEME PARTIE
DUNE : PART TWO
2023
de Denis Villeneuve
d'apres le roman de Frank Herbert
based on a novel by Frank Herbert
COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL © Warner Bros. - Legendary Entertainment - Warner Bros. Entertainment - Villeneuve Films
science fiction; sci-fi
visuel d'affiche (Photo by Warner Bros. - Legendary Enterta / Collection ChristopheL via AFP)

Photo: WARNER BROS. - LEGENDARY ENTERTA